Dudu Geva ( he, דודו גבע, born March 14, 1950, died February 15, 2005) was an Israeli

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, illustrator, and

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Biography

David (Dudu) Geva was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. He began his artistic career at the age of 17, writing for the weekly children's newspaper '' Haaretz Shelanu''. While serving in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

, Geva drew cartoons for its newspaper ''

Bamahane ''Bamahane'' (also ''BaMahane'', he, במחנה, ''lit.'' in the base camp) was a Hebrew-language weekly magazine published by the Israel Defense Forces. It was first published in December 1934 by the Haganah and was published as a weekly until D ...

''. After his military service, Geva joined the staff of Israel TV's Channel One as a

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er. Geva died on February 15, 2005, of a heart attack. He left an ex-wife and two children.

Art career

Geva published

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comic strips A comic strip is a Comics, sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often Serial (literature), serialized, with text in Speech balloon, balloons and Glossary of comics ter ...

and satire columns in Israel's leading newspapers: ''

Haolam Hazeh ''HaOlam HaZeh'' ( he, העולם הזה, lit. ''This World'') was a weekly news magazine published in Israel until 1993. The magazine was founded in 1937 under the name ''Tesha BaErev'' (Hebrew: תשע בערב, ''Nine in the Evening'') but was ...

'' ("Zoo-Aretz-Zoo"), ''

Hadashot ''Hadashot'' (, lit. ''News'') was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Israel between 1984 and 1993. History On 4 March 1984 Haaretz Group CEO Amos Schocken announced that a new daily newspaper, ''Hadashot'' was to be launched, with ...

'' ("The Song of the Duck"), ''HaIr'' ("Joseph and his Brothers", "The Silence of the Duck"), ''

Kol HaIr ''Kol Ha'ir'' (, lit ''The Whole City'', also a homophone for ''Voice of the City'') is a weekly local newspaper published in Jerusalem. It is part of the Schocken Group publishing network. See also *List of Israeli newspapers This list of ne ...

'' ("Ahalan and Sahalan"), ''

Maariv ''Maariv'' or ''Maʿariv'' (, ), also known as ''Arvit'' (, ), is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or night. It consists primarily of the evening ''Shema'' and '' Amidah''. The service will often begin with two verses from Psalms, ...

'' ("The Road to Happiness", "Geva's Journal") and ''

Haaretz ''Haaretz'' ( , originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , ) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel, and is now published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner f ...

'' ("The Weekly Caricature"). In addition to his work in journalism, Geva produced dozens of

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and illustrated

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in collaboration with many of Israel's writers and artists. Among his most well-known

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was Joseph and the duck. In 1991, Disney sued Geva for publishing a snippet from his forthcoming monograph, ''The Duck Book'' in a local Tel Aviv newspaper. In his cartoon strip “Moby Duck,” the duck looked very much like

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with a forelock and a hat. Geva was charged with violating Disney's copyright.

Commemoration

In homage to Geva, a giant inflatable duck was installed overlooking Rabin Square from the Tel Aviv Municipality building.Duck Looms Over Tel Aviv
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Published works

* ''Zoo-Aretz-Zoo'' (1975) * ''The Knight Zick'' (1976) with Hanoch Marmari * ''Ridiculous Book'' (1981) with

Kobi Niv Kobi or KOBI may refer to: * Kobi (given name), including a list of people with the name * Kobi, a colour, a variation of red-violet * Kobi, Georgia, a village * Kobi Line, a railway in North Korea * Kobi Station, a railway station in Minokamo, Gif ...

* ''Son of Ridiculous'' (1983) with Kobi Niv * ''Kotz in the Potz'' (1984) * ''Ahalan and Sahalan in the Wild West'' (1985) with Kobi Niv * ''Dwarf in the Pants'' (1985) * ''Ridiculous Strikes Again'' (1985) with Kobi Niv * ''The Journal of the Clerk'' (1987) * ''The Duck'' (1994) * ''The Knight Zick in the Torah Wise Men Land'' (2002) * ''The Knight Zick in his War against the Routine'' (2002) * ''The Knight Zick in the Kingdom of old Legends'' (2002) * ''The Knight Zick and the Princess of the Nile'' (2002) * ''A4 Booklets'' (2003) * ''Cheap Literature Booklet'' (2005) * ''The Silence of the Duck'' (2005)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geva, Dudu 1950 births 2005 deaths Israeli cartoonists Israeli caricaturists Israeli columnists Israeli comics artists Israeli comics writers Israeli illustrators Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Maariv (newspaper) people People from Jerusalem